Finagle's Law

The End Justifies the Means


Raw Data: Amplitude over Time	Finagled Data: Draw the curve and pick the points to match

Note that the green curve on the right is actually near some of the original green points in the original data

Remember Finagle's Law next time you need to make a presentation to the board of directors: There's no need to get them upset with negative trends because you can always find the data to support a more optimistic view! Remember what's important is that your bonus may well depend upon the presentation! It's not exactly lying.... Think Enron.